Following its monetary policy meeting, which left the base rate unchanged at 7%, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) revealed that restructured loans in the Kenya banking sector had hit 29% of total loans by end-June – much higher than the13% recorded in...

Cessation of movement in and out of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area, Mombasa County and Mandera County lapses today (7 July). Local air travel to resume effective Wednesday, 15 July. Schools will therefore reopen in January 2021. Resumption of air trav...

DOES CORRUPTION BOTHER YOU? Bangladesh: The use of anti-corruption as a means to persecute and weaken those politicians sitting in the opposition precedes the post-2009 era of the de facto one-party state under the Awami League (ie the Bangladesh Nat...

Covid-19 remains a significant economic challenge across the continent. This combination of factors is best demonstrated in Mauritius, the region's worst performer, where the FX rate has depreciated c10% ytd, Moody's sovereign credit outlook was down...

In 2006 I was an analyst on global technology equities. This would be unwelcomed for the investment case given the military’s continuing, overbearing indirect grip on the economy and the strain put on the fiscal deficit from Covid-19 disruption. Equi...

At the end of January, I stood beside Murchison Falls with my family, drenched in the spray of the world’s most power waterfall, and I reflected on how much can change in a generation. Comparing the modelled outcome for Africa in 2021 with the curren...